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Judge Orders Sale of Dorset Pensioner’s Home Over 1ft Boundary Dispute

Years of failed challenges turned a modest fence-row judgment into a six-figure debt triggering an order for sale.

Overview

  • Bournemouth County Court ordered Jenny Field, 76, to pay £113,266 within three months or have her Hamworthy bungalow sold to satisfy the judgment.
  • District Judge Ross Fentem said her repeated attempts to relitigate were totally without merit and added £7,454 in fresh costs at the latest hearing.
  • A civil restraint order was imposed after Field flooded the court with hundreds of pages, as her filings drove the case far beyond the original dispute.
  • The case began with a December 2022 ruling awarding Pauline Clark £11,800 for damage plus £2,120 costs after Field tore down a fence installed in 2020.
  • Field did not attend the latest hearing; her neighbour’s solicitor called sale a last resort, and Field later said she would put the property on the market.